A Long Bright FutureThe twentieth century bequeathed us a fabulous gift: thirty more years of life on average. Supersized life spans are going to radically alter society and present an unprecedented opportunity to change our approach not only to old age but to all of life's stages. The ramifications are just beginning to dawn on us. yet in the meantime we keep thinking about and planning for life as it used to be lived. In A Long Bright Future longevity and aging expert

These are some of the moments that leave him touching the beating heart of what it truly is to live

Oh and also an essay on the Pope's Twitter account

clinical anxiety and those with 'low-level' anxieties

Simon Wolf returns to quickly settle his father's estate and then leave Last Chance for good

An ancient people organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies deciding not to join only at the last moment

soup and snacks after they heard you sniff (once) on the phone earlier that day

fruit and nuts

There's Archie

This book offers frank

Did life arise on earth or on some other planet

Even though she is not allowed to join in the caveman games with her brother and his friends she soon shows everyone that girls can be just as brave as boys

and unforgettable